Need Some Expert Advice - Results of Soaking

[jamest206]

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[bnorth]

Originally Posted by jamest206

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They will by far be able to do the best job of removing and cleaning them up to a much better quality.

[FrankWakefield]

Get an Exacto knife and cut the cardboard that is attached to that T205 Frank Corridon card. Rinse that card / corrugated cardboard bad boy off under a tap, GENTLY, then place it in a water glass. Add water, 2/3rds of the way full. Set it in a safe place, and then check on it in an hour or two.

My thinking is that the card will be loose from the corrugated cardboard, and the water will have a tinge to it because that corrugated cardboard is nasty stuff. So rinse the card, remove that corrugated cardboard, change to clean water, and soak again.

Then... if that works, which I think it will, then [new collectors quit reading now] run some water in a clean bathtub, 2" to 3" or so, then put the whole thing in the tub, and soak as above.

If there are reprints on there the new cards may not be attached with flour paste; but the old cards may well be. Corrugated cardboard is about 150 years old... it ante-dates the cards.

[Pat R]

It's an odd assortment, of the 86 genuine T206's only 2 are 150/350 subjects the rest are 350 and 350/460 subjects.

The bottom 2 rows look like sections that came out of a book or magazine but it's hard to tell from your pictures.

[EddieP]

Here’s a nice tutorial:

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...=Soaking+cards

[Buythatcard]

Originally Posted by EddieP

Here’s a nice tutorial:

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...=Soaking+cards

Thanks. I was looking for these directions. I used them a few years ago with much success.

[Buythatcard]

Originally Posted by Pat R

It's an odd assortment, of the 86 genuine T206's only 2 are 150/350 subjects the rest are 350 and 350/460 subjects.

The bottom 2 rows look like sections that came out of a book or magazine but it's hard to tell from your pictures.

How can you determine that without actually seeing the backs?

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by Buythatcard

How can you determine that without actually seeing the backs?

Hi Howard, you don't need to see the backs to know what print group each subject is in, Herzog (New York) and Sheckard (no glove) are the only print group 1 (150/350) subjects in the group of 86 genuine T206's.

Here's the breakdown of the print groups in the collage

Print group 1 (150/350) = 2
Print group 2 (350) only = 51
Print group 3 (350-460) = 24
Print group 4 (460 only) = 4
Print group 5 (super prints) = 5

[Buythatcard]

If we decide to soak these cards in water to hopefully remove the backs, would it be considered altering the card? Would SGC grade a card that was soaked in water?